Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Matteo Donati will face off in the 2nd round of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves is the pick to win this match.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves -> 1.171
Matteo Donati -> 5.05
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Prediction and head to head Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves vs. Matteo Donati
There is no head to head record between Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Matteo Donati since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves
Ranked no. 220, Felipe reached the 2nd round after beating Igor Sijsling 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Felipe had a good straight sets win against Sijsling (7-5 6-2). During the match, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves scored 66 points vs Sijsling’s 52. Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues Alves was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Sijsling 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 64% of his matches (192-110). 18-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a compiled170-93 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Felipe’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Santiago Challenger and the Biella 7 Challenger.
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves has a compiled 19-15 win-loss record in 2021, 18-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
Matteo Donati
Ranked no. 788, Donati reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefan Palosi 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Matteo had a good straight sets win against Palosi (6-4 6-4). During the match Donati scored 66 points vs Palosi’s 56. Donati was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Donati scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Matteo Donati conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Donati put 75% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Matteo was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Palosi twice.
The Italian has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Donati has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Donati |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 |
| Pts | 66-52 | 66-56 |
| Total Points | 118 | 122 |
| Winners | 32 | 38 |
| %Winners | 48% | 58% |
Both Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Donati played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Meligeni Rodrigues Alves and Donati have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (20). The Brazilian scored 32 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian scored 38 winners (58%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Donati |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 49/65 |
| %1st in | 72% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 38/49 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 8/16 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 50% |
Meligeni Rodrigues Alves bagged 2 aces . Donati bagged 1 ace . Meligeni Rodrigues Alves won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Donati won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | Donati |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 38% | 100% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Brazilian pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Donati broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Donati was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Meligeni Rodrigues Alves | |||
| R1 Sijsling |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 66-52 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/60 | 43/60 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Donati | |||
| R1 Palosi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-56 | 66-56 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/65 | 49/65 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 8/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Iasi Challenger
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Pedja KrstinKrstin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (4-6 6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – David PoljakPoljak (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Dan Alexandru TomescuAlexandru Tomescu (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (7-5 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Nerman FaticFatic (6-1 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-4 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo DonatiDonati – Stefan PalosiPalosi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Igor SijslingSijsling (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – David PoljakPoljak (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas MiedlerMiedler – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Matteo DonatiDonati (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GastonGaston – Matija PecoticPecotic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Marius CopilCopil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nicholas David IonelDavid Ionel – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
